Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army has attacked in the Kramatorsk, Bakhmut, Avdeevka, Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions. APU repelled all attacks and inflicted damage on the invaders. This is stated in the morning summary of the General Staff for August 18.

In the Slavic direction, the enemy fired artillery from the areas of Bolshaya Kamyshevakhi, Vernopolye, Adamovka and Dovgensky.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy fired from tanks and multiple rocket launchers at the areas of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Disputed, Donetsk, Ivano-Daryevka, Seversk, Zvanovka and Raygorodok. Inflicted an air strike near Vesely. Led an offensive in the direction of Nikolaevka - Vyemka, had no success, retreated.

In the Bakhmut direction, shelling was recorded near Bakhmut, Soledar, Razdolevka, Kodema and Majorsk. The occupiers attacked in the directions of Vladimirovka - Soledar, Pokrovskoye - Bakhmutskoye, Pokrovskoye - Bakhmut, Klinovo - Bakhmut, Semigorye - Zaitsevo, Semigorye - Kodema and Golmovsky - Zaitsevo. The invaders did not achieve any positive results on any of the offensive directions and withdrew with losses..

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In the Avdeevka direction, the enemy fired from cannon, rocket artillery and tanks near Avdiivka, Maryinka, Alexandropol, Peskov, Pervomaisky and Poprosnoe. Led an offensive in the direction of Lozovoye - Pervomayskoye, had no success, retreated.

In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, the enemy is defending the occupied areas. Fired at the areas of the settlements of Novoselka, Novomikhailovka, Bogoyavlenka, Stepnogorsk, Shevchenko, Burlatskoe, Zheleznodorozhnoe, Gulyaipolskoe, Lukyanovskoe, Preobrazhenka, Poltavka. Conducted UAV aerial reconnaissance near Poltavka, Gulyaipole, Malinovka, Zeleny Roshcha, Shcherbakov and Novoyakovlovka. Tried to conduct assault operations in the direction of Yegorovka - Shevchenko, had no success, retreated.

In the Yuzhnobuk direction, enemy troops are concentrating their main efforts on maintaining the occupied areas and holding down the actions of the Ukrainian defense forces.. Shelling was recorded near the settlements of Nikolaev, Stepnaya Dolina, Luch, Posad-Pokrovskoye, Galitsinovo, Aleksandrovka, Mirnoye, Shirokoye, Aprilskoye, Kiselevka, Kobzartsy, Pervomayskoye, Kavkaz, Murakhovka, Andreevka, Osokorovka, Ivanovka and Trudolyubovka. The enemy launched airstrikes near Belaya Krinitsa, Blagodatny, as well as the Khutorskaya gully. He conducted aerial reconnaissance of the UAV in the areas of the settlements of Belogorka, Lozovoye, Pervomayskoye, Aleksandrovka, Trudolyubovka, Osokorovka and Ivanovka.

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Recall that in the Kherson region, Ukrainian aviation attacked strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the occupiers in the area of \u200b\u200bNovovoznesensky and Aleksandrovka. Rocket and artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 29 Russian soldiers per day, a 203-caliber Pion self-propelled gun, five armored and automotive vehicles, as well as the supply of ammunition in Belogorka.